Accounts Assistant

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
The Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)
Salary
Competitive
Posted
10 Nov 2018
Closes
28 Nov 2018
Sectors
Accountancy
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Do you have experience of working within an accounts function, in a manufacturing environment?

As the Accounts Assistant you will be responsible for the day to day administration of the Purchase Ledger & Sales Ledger Function, ensuring that the Accounts Payable & Receivable Ledgers are kept up to date and all transactions booked in a timely and accurate manner.

Your other duties will be as follows:

* assist in the preparation of the monthly management accounts and year end statutory accounts as per IFRS accounting standards.
* drive improvement projects to help streamline the finance function.
* input invoices and credit notes into the accounting system
* match invoices and credit notes to properly approved purchase orders and delivery notes, resolving queries in a timely manner (3 way matching)
* reconcile Supplier Statements with purchase ledger balances ensuring aged creditors report is true and reflective of company's position.
* produce and check payments reports and prepare supporting documentation for payment runs.
* process employee travel expenses
* prepare BACS payments, cheques and foreign payments in banking system
* manage and maintain Sales invoices and debtor balances including timely cash collection (Credit Control).
* assist in the preparation in the monthly management accounts & annual Statutory accounts contributing to the timely and accurate publishing.
* undertake, manage and participate in improvement projects including development of processes and systems and other improvement initiatives.

You will need to:

* posses an accounting qualification, ideally AAT or similar
* be experienced in purchase and sales ledger within an ERP system
* ideally have a background in multi currency transactions

The hours of work are Monday to Friday 8:30am 4:30pm

Free on site parking

28 days holiday rising to 33 after 12 weeks

Randstad Business Support acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Business Support is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone